CAD files menu

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CAD files menu

Cad files menu consists of the following sections:

Color:
oDraw all colors button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Color drawing] menu command redraws loaded CAD file with all available colors.
oDraw in black button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Black drawing] menu command redraws loaded CAD file in Black-White mode. Advice: use Black-White mode for printing if you use Black-White printer and want to have all the lines with the same width and intensity.
oCustom Background button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Custom Background] menu command draws CAD file on the custom background with black default color for entities. To define custom background use CAD files > Change Background Color menu command.
oBlack Background and White entities by default button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Black Background] menu command draws CAD file on the black background with White default color for entities.
oChange Background Color button on the toolbar or [CAD files > Change Background Color] menu command allows defining a custom color of the background.
Quality:
oShow Lineweight button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Show Lineweight] menu command causes drawing of the all image lines with their real weight. Deactivating this button (releasing) causes drawing of the all image lines with the one pixel weight.
oArcs Split button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Arcs Split] menu command causes drawing of all arcs and circles in the loaded CAD file as a sequence of short lines. Deactivating this button (releasing) causes drawing of the most of arcs and circles in the image by means of Windows GDI functions like Ellipse, Arc, etc., not linearized. Dotted arcs and circles are always linearized.
oDimensions Show button on the toolbar or [CAD files > Dimensions Show] menu command shows or hides dimension lines on the loaded CAD file.
oTexts Show button on the toolbar or [CAD files > Texts Show] menu command shows or hides texts on the loaded CAD file.
3D View & Layers
oShow Layers button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > Show Layers] menu command allows managing with the list of layers.
o3D Views - press arrow on the right of 3D Orbit button on the toolbar or click [CAD files > 3D Views] menu item for selecting through the list of views.
o3D Orbit button on the toolbar or [CAD Files > 3D Orbit] menu command switches on or off the rotation mode.